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Waiting For Everyman

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13. These are the kind of companies that will draw more customers in future.

Reply to 99th_Monkey (Original post)

Fri Aug 9, 2013, 04:01 PM

Aug 2013

The US is fixing to lose its dominance of cloud services if it's not careful. That, would hurt some deep wallets. What the greedmonger plutocrats forget is, that what the market gives, the market can take away.

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Death Before NSA Dishonor: Encrypted Services Stage Suicide Revolt [View all] 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 OP

To shutter businesses to protect customers is true loyalty not only snappyturtle Aug 2013 #1

Indeed. I am shocked beyond words at this story and the other today. nt silvershadow Aug 2013 #10

Think I'll get an Iceland account. After all they don't spy on citizens. Downwinder Aug 2013 #2

If you reside in the US Aerows Aug 2013 #3

That is not what my President said. Downwinder Aug 2013 #4

Okay Aerows Aug 2013 #5

Much of the world will shun US communications services mwrguy Aug 2013 #6

This is a good point. SpankMe Aug 2013 #7

I'm about the furtherest person from a computer nerd you could find, but I have no problem JDPriestly Aug 2013 #8

My computer has been acting wonky for awhile now, in ways it never has, and it has caused me to silvershadow Aug 2013 #11

Who knows?... Helen Borg Aug 2013 #16

I don't think the NSA has anything to do with the Trojan Horse or whatever infected my computer. JDPriestly Aug 2013 #24

I do a clean re-install of my operating system every 6 months... SomethingFishy Aug 2013 #17

They are all about power now siligut Aug 2013 #19

I've had some wonky stuff going on too. I've tried to do things safely and snappyturtle Aug 2013 #26

K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2013 #9

+1 nt silvershadow Aug 2013 #12

These are the kind of companies that will draw more customers in future. Waiting For Everyman Aug 2013 #13

I moon the SOBs three times a day... Hubert Flottz Aug 2013 #14

I turn it off weekends at a time every once in a while. JDPriestly Aug 2013 #25

It seems like a great opportunity Helen Borg Aug 2013 #15

According to half the people here at DU they must be traitors then, just like Snowden 1-Old-Man Aug 2013 #18

Silent Circle didn't say they'd shut down but only that they'd stop providing email services struggle4progress Aug 2013 #20

They are "shutting down" their email services, yes. 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #22

Article says "encrypted email service provider Silent Circle has followed its competitor Lavabit struggle4progress Aug 2013 #23

Thank you for your zeal to keep track of all the minutia. well done. nt 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #28

Yeah, it's all the people in my rural neighborhood are talking about. millennialmax Aug 2013 #21

Hushmail is still a good choice (I think) steve2470 Aug 2013 #27